Sleep 6-pack Author: Various ISBN: 9780176358068 Lesson Plan Grade Level: 8 Theme/Topic: Life Science Classification: Fiction, Nonfiction

Key Reading Strategy: Summarizing and Note Taking

The lesson plans in this issue of High Wire Magazine highlight the reading strategy of Summarizing and Note Taking.  Opportunities to practice this strategy are indicated by the symbol.  For more information on this strategy, see page 9.  Assessment Master 14, in the Program and Assessment Guide can be used for this strategy.

Curriculum Links: science, social studies

Introducing the Magazine

Setting the Scene

Tell the students that this issue of High Wire Magazine is about sleep – why we need it, what happens when we go to sleep, the sleep needs of people and animals, and what happens when we dream.

Making Connections

Tell the students that, as they work their way through this magazine, they will learn interesting facts about sleep. Ask questions such as the following:

• How many hours a night do you sleep?
• Do you often feel as though you need more?
• When do you feel most awake and refreshed?
• If you could decide what hours you could spend at school and what hours you could sleep, what would they be?

The selections in this issue of High Wire Magazine include a variety of genres, although most of them are nonfiction.  Spend some time previewing nonfiction forms of writing before the students start reading.

For more information please see our Lesson Plan